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Fifty years ago, the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism published its final report. The result of innovative research and public consultations across the country, this report, replete with data and concepts, sets the stage for a comprehensive policy on official bilingualism, which would profoundly and indelibly change the face of Canada. The resolve to affirm the officially bilingual character of the country was met with the equally fervent determination to make French the common language of Quebecers. This book provides a critical view of the content and the consequences of the report. It is the outcome of a series of conferences held across the country in 2013, which explored the impact of these two aspects. It combines analyses of the Commission's activities, its main players, and the specific content of certain volumes of the report. The book is divided into three parts: the first outlines the progress accomplished since the publication of the report and contributors' views of the challenges which continue to create controversy; the second part provides analyses and studies of topics covered by the Commission, effectively demonstrating how far things have evolved; and the third features testimonials, including a fascinating conversation between the first Commissioner for Official Languages, Keith Spicer, and the Commissioner in office at the time of publication, Graham Fraser. Fifty years ago, the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism published its final report. The result of innovative research and public consultations across the country, this report, replete with data and concepts, sets the stage for a comprehensive policy on official bilingualism, which would profoundly and indelibly change the face of Canada. The resolve to affirm the officially bilingual character of the country was met with the equally fervent determination to make French the common language of Quebecers. This book provides a critical view of the content and the consequences of the report. It is the outcome of a series of conferences held across the country in 2013, which explored the impact of these two aspects. It combines analyses of the Commission's activities, its main players, and the specific content of certain volumes of the report. The book is divided into three parts: the first outlines the progress accomplished since the publication of the report and contributors' views of the challenges which continue to create controversy; the second part provides analyses and studies of topics covered by the Commission, effectively demonstrating how far things have evolved; and the third features testimonials, including a fascinating conversation between the first Commissioner for Official Languages, Keith Spicer, and the Commissioner in office at the time of publication, Graham Fraser.

Fifty Years of Official Bilingualism - Challenges, Analyses and Testimonies

Le présent ouvrage est destiné principalement aux juristes romanistes qui veulent se familiariser avec les principes généraux du droit constitutionnel de common law. Il s'adresse aussi aux étudiants qui entreprennent leurs études de common law en français. Les juristes de common law n'ont pas l'habitude de traiter séparément le droit constitutionnel, puisque le berceau de ce système juridique, l'Angleterre, fonctionne sans constitution écrite et continûment depuis sept siècles. D'autre part chaque état du Commonwealth, issu de la décolonisation ou de l'octroi plus ancien de l'indépendance par la Grande-Bretagne, adapte les préceptes et règles du constitutionnalisme de common law à ses propres réalités politiques. L'auteur a donc choisi de se limiter aux grands principes qui fondent et caractérisent le constitutionnalisme de common law et qui se retrouvent dans presque tous les états qui s'en réclament. L'ouvrage discute d'abord de la nature du droit constitutionnel de common law et de ses sources, en particulier de cette caractéristique tout à fait particulière de la convention constitutionnelle. Par la suite, trois chapitres explorent les principes fondamentaux du constitutionnalisme de common law et leurs conséquences juridiques, à savoir la suprématie du parlement, la primauté du droit et l'indépendance judiciaire. L'emphase est mise sur la common law anglaise bien que les variantes issues du fédéralisme ou de l'insertion constitutionnelle de droits et libertés soient abordées au passage.

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